John Kerry's Environmental Record: Robert Kennedy, Jr. in Salon

[flpoljunkie]

http://blog.johnkerry.com/blog/archives/000744.html

Kennedy, who endorsed John earlier this fall, lays out a powerful indictment of the Bush administration's miserable environmental record. And he explains why he's been out on the campaign trail working for John Kerry. Here are some excerpts:

"But Kerry has the best record of any senator; he has a 96 percent lifetime rating with the League of Conservation Voters. This has been a passion for him since he got into public life. He was the Massachusetts organizer for Earth Day in 1970, and he has fought hard for fuel efficiency standards, which is now the holy grail of the environmental movement. He's been the one consistent champion on that issue.

"I've known Kerry almost all my life and he's an outdoorsman, he loves being on the water, he loves fishing. I've spent a lot of time on Nantucket Sound with him. Last summer he called my brother Max and asked him to come to Wood's Hole to go windsurfing with him, and they ended up windsurfing all the way from Wood's Hole to Nantucket, which is 45 miles, over open ocean. And that's pretty good for a 56-year-old guy. And he wasn't calling a press conference or anything. He just did it because they got into the water. It's genuine.

In a one-to-one debate, Kerry's unbeatable. He's a genuine war hero, unlike the draft dodgers who are now devising our foreign policy, Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle, DeLay. Of course there are lots of people who evaded the draft during Vietnam due to moral qualms about the war. But these characters were pro-war hawks. They just wanted someone else to die for our country. Kerry's record of bravery, on the other hand, will appeal to voters in swing states like South Carolina where there are plenty of veterans who understand the significance of the sacrifice that he was willing to make."

[blm]

1. Add Bobby Kennedy Jr.to the list of those campaigning for Kerry

who the mass media wants to keep silenced during the primary.

Gary Hart
Rand Beers
Gen. William Perry
Gen. Claudia Kennedy
Max Cleland
Joe Wilson

[JohnKleeb]

3. You mean lol

Lil Bobby Kennedy
His father is a big hero of mine, I still envy that endorsement but its obviously well earned being that Bobby Jr is a big environmental advocate and Kerry has the record.

[JohnKleeb]

2. Thats quite an endorsement you have there

:) He looks like his father a lot.
Kerry also without a doubt has the finest environmental record in the race. I tell you although I am disappointed about IWR and Kerry, I still think he has a fine record, Ive been open for a while now that Kerry is my 2nd choice, and from what I see today, its gonna stay that way, keep up the good work RFK JR and Senator Kerry.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. On top of many many others

as blm points out above.

[Octafish]

4. Robert Kennedy Jr. would make the best EPA Administrator...

... this country ever had. Heck, what am I saying? RFK Jr. should be Secretary of the Interior.

[blm]

6. My undergod, you are SO right.

Just what this country needs.

[JohnKleeb]

7. I second that notion Bobby Jr as secretary of the interior

[blm]

8. I think that's one nomination the GOP will block.

But, damn, what a great idea,

[JohnKleeb]

9. Who says those pricks are gonna have the senate

:evilgrin:

[Yupster]

13. Why would they need the senate?

to block a nomination?

[sangh0]

16. I would love to see them do that

.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

5. JK windsurfed all the way from Wood's Hole to Nantucket?

G'dam he's incredible- and actually he was 58 if it was last summer.
Nice article. I hope RFK jr. is hitting NH hard!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

11. Kick for the real Democrat in the race

[Octafish]

12. What NYfM said!

:kick:

[flpoljunkie]

14. Kick again for the longtime environmentalist Democrat in the race!

:kick:

[blm]

15. The COMMITTED environmentalist in the race.

No election year sloganeering.

[JI7]

17. great record

one reason i support him so much.